Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 May 1997 13:36:42 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: No kernel oops? |
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On Thu, 8 May 1997, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > The virgo_s has "base" as its first element. > > > > > > Anybody know why I didn't see an oops? > > > > what was the value of 'reg' ? I guess if the memory location is bigger > > than 4096 then the bug wont get noticed by zero page. > > Boot the kernel with mem=nopentium when doing random memory accident tests
ahh, it was 2.0 right? On 2.1 we have 0xc0000000 mapped to get the physical memory, so we have a proper zero-page.
laugh now i see why the kernel tracer doesnt work on 2.0 ... i'm relying on a properly working *(char *)0=0 a few times there ;)
-- mingo
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